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CVE-2017-10685

CRITICAL

In ncurses 6.0, there is a format string vulnerability in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.

Published: Jun 29, 2017 Modified: Jul 23, 2026
CWE-134

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products (1)

Vendor Product Version
invisible-island ncurses 6.0

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-67w6-7r3q-87w7

In ncurses 6.0, there is a format string vulnerability in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10
EPSS Score 4.22%

Top 10% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 40.5 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub